SC 13D/A 1 0001.txt AMENDMENT #8 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Amendment No. 8 to Schedule 13D Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 TERRA NITROGEN COMPANY, L.P. ---------------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Units of Limited Partnership Interests --------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 881005 20 1 -------------- (CUSIP Number) George H. Valentine Corporate Secretary Terra Industries Inc. Terra Centre 600 Fourth Street Sioux City, Iowa 51102-6000 (712) 277-1340 ---------------------------------------------------------------- (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) December 13, 2000 ------------------------------------ (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement) If person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box [_]. Check the following box if a fee is being paid with the statement [_]. ----------------------- ----------------- CUSIP No. 881005 20 1 13D ----------------------- ----------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAMES OF REPORTING PERSON 1 S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Terra Nitrogen Corporation EIN: 72-1159610 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* 2 (a) [_] (b) [X] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SEC USE ONLY 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOURCE OF FUNDS* 4 OO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(D) or 2(E) [_] 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION 6 Delaware ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLE VOTING POWER 7 NUMBER OF -0- SHARES ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 8 11,172,414 (See Item 5) OWNED BY ----------------------------------------------------------- EACH SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 9 REPORTING -0- PERSON ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 10 11,172,414 (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 11 11,172,414 (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* 12 [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 13 60.4% (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* 14 CO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- ----------------- CUSIP No. 881005 20 1 13D ----------------------- ----------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAMES OF REPORTING PERSON 1 S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Terra Capital, Inc. (Due to direct ownership of 2,216,600 Common Units and solely due to indirect ownership of 11,172,414 Common Units through its wholly owned subsidiary, Terra Nitrogen Corporation) EIN: 42-1431650 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* 2 (a) [_] (b) [X] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SEC USE ONLY 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOURCE OF FUNDS* 4 OO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(D) or 2(E) [_] 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION 6 Delaware ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLE VOTING POWER 7 NUMBER OF -0- SHARES ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 8 13,648,814 Common Units (See Item 5) OWNED BY ----------------------------------------------------------- EACH SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 9 REPORTING -0- PERSON ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 10 13,648,814 Common Units (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 11 13,648,814 Common Units (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* 12 [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 13 73.8% (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* 14 CO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- ----------------- CUSIP No. 881005 20 1 13D ----------------------- ----------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAMES OF REPORTING PERSON 1 S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Terra Capital Holdings, Inc. (Solely due to indirect ownership through its wholly owned subsidiary, Terra Capital, Inc.) EIN: 42-1431905 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* 2 (a) [_] (b) [X] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SEC USE ONLY 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOURCE OF FUNDS* 4 OO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(D) or 2(E) [_] 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION 6 Delaware ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLE VOTING POWER 7 NUMBER OF -0- SHARES ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 8 13,648,814 Common Units (See Item 5) OWNED BY ----------------------------------------------------------- EACH SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 9 REPORTING -0- PERSON ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 10 13,648,814 Common Units (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 11 13,648,814 Common Units (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* 12 [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 13 73.8% (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* 14 CO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- ----------------- CUSIP No. 881005 20 1 13D ----------------------- ----------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAMES OF REPORTING PERSON 1 S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Terra Industries, Inc. (Solely due to indirect ownership through its wholly owned subsidiary, Terra Capital Holdings, Inc.) EIN: 52-1145429 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* 2 (a) [_] (b) [X] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SEC USE ONLY 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOURCE OF FUNDS* 4 OO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(D) or 2(E) [_] 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION 6 Delaware ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLE VOTING POWER 7 NUMBER OF -0- SHARES ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY 8 13,648,814 Common Units (See Item 5) OWNED BY ----------------------------------------------------------- EACH SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 9 REPORTING -0- PERSON ----------------------------------------------------------- SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 10 13,648,814 Common Units (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 11 13,648,814 Common Units (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* 12 [_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 13 73.8% (See Item 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* 14 CO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item 1. Security and Issuer. ------------------- This Amendment No. 8 amends the Schedule 13D dated March 31, 1997 (as amended by Amendments Nos. 1 through 7, the "Schedule 13D") of the Reporting Persons relating to Common Units of limited partnership interests (the "Common Units") of Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("TNCLP"). The principal executive offices of TNCLP are at 600 Fourth Street, Sioux City, Iowa 51101. Item 2. Identity and Background ----------------------- Item 2 is hereby amended as follows: The first sentence of paragraph (a) is amended by deleting from (v) to the end of the sentence. The second and third sentences of paragraph (b) are deleted entirely. Paragraph (c) is amended by deleting the text beginning with the fifth sentence to the end of the paragraph. Item 2 and Annex A are hereby amended to add the following to Section I of Annex A: Name: Dennis B. Longmire (Director) ------------------ Citizenship: United States of America Business Address: 111 Broadway Versailles, KY 40383 Principal Occupation: Chairman of the Board and CEO, McCauley Brothers, Inc. Name: Theodore D. Sands (Director) ----------------- Citizenship: United States of America Business Address: 535 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300 New York, NY 10017 Principal Occupation: President, HAAS Capital, LLC Name: Burton M. Joyce (Director, Chairman of the Board) Citizenship: United States of America Business Address 600 Fourth Street Sioux City, IA 51101 Principal Occupation: President and Chief Executive Officer, Terra Item 2 and Annex A are further amended to add/modify the following to Section IV of Annex A: Burton M. Joyce (Director, President and SECTION I Chief Executive Officer) Name: Eric K. Diack (Director) Citizenship: South Africa Business Address: 44 Main Street Johannesburg, South Africa Principal Occupation: Executive Vice President - Finance, Anglo American Corporation of South Africa Limited Name: Mark A. Kalafut Citizenship: United States of America Business Address: 600 Fourth Street Sioux City, IA 51101 Principal Occupation: Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Terra Item 2 and Annex A are further amended by deleting Sections V, VI and VII of Annex A. Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration. ------------------------------------------------- Item 3 is hereby amended by insertion of the following additional sentence at the end of the second paragraph: "The amount of funds expended for the purchases between October 30, 2000 and December 20, 2000 totaled $1.98 million." Item 4. Purpose of Transaction. ---------------------- Item 4 is hereby amended by the insertion of the following additional sentence after the seventh sentence of the second paragraph: "Terra Capital further purchased 259,800 Common Units between October 30, 2000 and December 20, 2000 pursuant to the buyback authority." Item 4 is further amended by the deletion of the fifth paragraph. Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer. ------------------------------------ Item 5, section (a) is hereby amended by deleting the second and third sentences of the first paragraph and replacing them with the following sentences: "Terra Capital is the direct beneficial owner of 2,476,400 Common Units and, by virtue of its ownership of all the outstanding common stock of TNC, may be deemed to possess indirect beneficial ownership of the Common Units beneficially owned by TNC. Thus, Terra Capital's direct and indirect ownership in the aggregate represents approximately 73.8% of the outstanding Common Units." Item 5, section (a) is further amended by deleting the third sentence of paragraph two. Item 5, section (b) is hereby further amended by deleting the second sentence of the first paragraph and replacing it with the following sentence: "Terra Capital has the power to vote or direct the vote and the power to dispose of or direct the disposition of the 2,476,400 Common Units beneficially owned by Terra Capital." Item 5, section (b) is further amended by deleting the fourth sentence of paragraph two. Item 5 is hereby further amended by adding the following table under section (c)(i) to read as follows:
Purchase Date Number of Units Price per Unit ------------- --------------- -------------- 10/30/00 12,100 $6.9241 11/01/00 14,600 $6.9760 11/02/00 2,500 $6.8750 11/03/00 6,200 $7.2500 11/06/00 1,000 $7.0000 11/08/00 7,400 $7.2424
11/09/00 7,400 $7.2500 11/10/00 2,100 $7.2500 11/14/00 7,500 $7.3125 11/16/00 7,500 $7.3750 11/27/00 5,000 $7.2500 11/28/00 5,000 $7.2500 11/29/00 2,200 $7.2500 11/30/00 15,000 $7.2500 12/01/00 2,500 $7.2500 12/04/00 3,500 $7.2500 12/05/00 3,500 $7.2857 12/06/00 13,500 $7.4977 12/07/00 3,500 $7.6607 12/11/00 48,000 $8.0000 12/12/00 4,000 $7.8750 12/13/00 14,100 $8.0000 12/14/00 1,400 $7.9375 12/15/00 31,100 $7.9918 12/18/00 4,900 $8.0000 12/19/00 21,400 $8.0000 12/20/00 12,900 $7.6335 Total (between 10/01/00 and 12/20/00) 259,800 Total (in 2000, through 12/20/00) 259,800
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Securities of the Issuer. ------------------------ Not amended. Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits. -------------------------------- Exhibit B - Agreement Concerning Joint Filing of Schedule 13D. SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of our knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this Statement is true, complete and correct. Date: December 21, 2000 TERRA NITROGEN CORPORATION By /s/ George H. Valentine ------------------------------------ George H. Valentine Its: Vice President and General Counsel TERRA CAPITAL, INC. By /s/ George H. Valentine ------------------------------------ George H. Valentine Its: Vice President and Corporate Secretary TERRA CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC. By /s/ George H. Valentine ------------------------------------ George H. Valentine Its: Vice President and Corporate Secretary TERRA INDUSTRIES INC. By /s/ George H. Valentine ------------------------------------ George H. Valentine Its: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary